Thursday, October 20, 2016

War on Democracy

DONALD DECLARES OPEN WAR ON DEMOCRACY!

"I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters
and supporters and to all of the people of the United States that I will
totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election, if
I win," Trump told supporters here in his first comments since the final
debate. (cnn.com)

The only reason not to call Trump a fascist is that he
probably doesn't know a thing about the subject. Hasn't read up on it, or much
else, besides his favorite tract, Tax Codes for Billionaires: How to Go Bust
and Make It Bigger.

Maybe he thinks Mussolini is something you do with clam
sauce, or marinara.

Maybe he pronounces Hitler as Hit Her (or, allow him a
Queens accent, Hit Huh), followed by locker room yucks and chortles.

Otoh, reasons to think he is a fascist: mostly because he is,
the DIY, truly American kind.

Fascism is eternal. You don't have to know from your predecessors
to get there. Don't need a reading list. It comes together on the fly.

Hey, Paul Ryan, you still support this fascist nominee of
yours?

McCain, I know you have withdrawn your support. Instead, and
clearly to compensate, you've stressed that the next Senate, if it be
Republican, will block any and all Supreme Court nominations by a President
Clinton, irrespective of nominee. That's because you're in hot water with the
Trumpist wing of the Republican Party and have to show that though you won't
support the fascist nominee you have other ways of suborning democracy.

Hey McCain, Trump bringing you down too.

Christie, how's it feel, being under both the George
Washington Bridge bus & bust and the Trump bus, too?

When the dust clears, could be Trump will be left with only
two followers, Omarosa Manigault and Rudi Giuliani.

Don't think that will get you far against the government of
the United States.

Some say that Trump will, when he loses, turn away from
direct political challenge to form a Trump media network. Could be. But let me
say that Hitler and Goebbels, with a little help from Riefenstahl, might have
generated a fantastic Nazi media empire back there in Deutschland.